fix(desktop): restore macOS scroll bounce#29047

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macOS chat scrolling stops abruptly at the end of a long thread. Enable Electron's native scrollBounce preference and allow vertical overscroll effects at the Electron document root so the chat timeline can rubber-band at its boundaries.

This is a focused fix for the missing native behavior reported in #29019. The chat timeline already uses overscroll-y-contain, but the document root uses overscroll-behavior: none. Chromium passes the root policy to its elastic overscroll controller even for nested scrollers, suppressing their bounce. Override only the Electron document's vertical policy to contain, retaining containment and the existing horizontal policy. Web and mobile browser styling is unchanged; the animation remains native.

Set scrollBounce: true unconditionally because Electron ignores this preference outside macOS. In the pinned Electron 44.10.0, both reading the preference and applying the renderer switch are guarded by BUILDFLAG(IS_MAC). An application-side platform check would be redundant.

Fixes #29019.

Checks performed:

vp run check:changed passed formatting, lint, knip, typechecks for desktop, web, and scripts, and all 22 tests in DesktopWindow.test.ts.
Manual trackpad check of the isolated macOS desktop build: scrollBounce: true alone still stopped abruptly; adding the root CSS override restored bounce in the synthetic long thread.

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Fixes pingdotgg/t3code#29019

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What changed in this PR

Restores native macOS scroll bounce in the desktop chat timeline, addressing #29019 without changing web or mobile browser styling.

Changes:

Enables Electron’s scrollBounce window preference.
Allows vertical overscroll effects at the Electron document root while preserving containment and the horizontal policy.
Extends the existing window creation/reopening test to verify the preference across all three creation paths.

File	Description
`apps/web/src/index.css`	Overrides vertical overscroll policy for the Electron document root.
`apps/desktop/src/window/DesktopWindow.ts`	Enables native scroll bounce when creating desktop windows.
`apps/desktop/src/window/DesktopWindow.test.ts`	Asserts scroll bounce is enabled across window creation and reopening paths.

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The main Electron window now enables scrollBounce. Electron’s root element now uses overscroll-behavior-y: contain. The window test checks that all three created windows enable scrollBounce.

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Layer / File(s)	Summary
Enable and check scroll bounce `apps/desktop/src/window/DesktopWindow.ts`, `apps/web/src/index.css`, `apps/desktop/src/window/DesktopWindow.test.ts`	The main window enables `scrollBounce`. Electron’s root uses contained vertical overscroll behavior. The test checks the setting for all three created windows.

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Non-macOS Electron builds may show unintended overscroll behavior; gate the rule to macOS.

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Title check	Passed	The title "fix(desktop): restore macOS scroll bounce" matches the main change: it enables Electron's scrollBounce preference in the desktop main window and adds a root overscroll override so the chat …
Linked Issues check	Passed	Issue `#29019` requires macOS chat threads to provide rubber-band scrolling at their boundaries. `DesktopWindow.ts` sets Electron `webPreferences.scrollBounce` to `true`. `index.css` changes only `html.…
Out of Scope Changes check	Passed	The pull request changes only the Electron window preference, the Electron-scoped root vertical overscroll policy, and the matching automated test. These changes directly support issue `#29019`. No unre…
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The title "fix(desktop): restore macOS scroll bounce" matches the main change: it enables Electron's scrollBounce preference in the desktop main window and adds a root overscroll override so the chat timeline bounces at its boundaries again. It follows the conventional commit format and stays specific.

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Issue #29019 requires macOS chat threads to provide rubber-band scrolling at their boundaries. DesktopWindow.ts sets Electron webPreferences.scrollBounce to true. index.css changes only html.electron to overscroll-behavior-y: contain, which preserves the existing horizontal policy and scopes the CSS change to Electron. The window test asserts scrollBounce: true for all three creation paths.

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…	…	@@ -1737,6 +1737,11 @@ body {
	1740	+	/* Chromium applies the root overscroll policy to nested scroll bounce. */
	1741	+	html.electron {
	1742	+	overscroll-behavior-y: contain;
	1743	+	}

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3	sed -n '1,130p' apps/web/src/lib/windowControlsOverlay.ts
4	sed -n '145,185p' apps/web/src/appInit.tsx
5	printf '%s\n' '--- overscroll rules and nearby consumers ---'
6	sed -n '1718,1770p' apps/web/src/index.css
7	rg -n -F --glob '*.{css,tsx,ts}' -e 'overscroll-behavior' -e 'electron-windows' -e 'electron' apps/web/src \| head -120 \|\| true
8	printf '%s\n' '--- Electron version/platform declarations ---'
9	rg -n -F --glob 'package.json' -e '"electron"' -e '"@electron/' . \| head -80 \|\| true
10	printf '%s\n' '--- requested PR diff ---'
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4	printf '%s\n' '--- predicate implementation ---'
5	rg -n -F --glob '.{ts,tsx}' -e 'isWindowsPlatform' -e 'MAC' apps/web/src/lib apps/web/src/env apps/web/src \| head -160 \|\| true

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MDN CSS overscroll-behavior contain none overscroll effects scroll chaining

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1	Sources consulted:
2	- overscroll-behavior CSS property - CSS \| MDN — https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Reference/Properties/overscroll-behavior
3	- CSS overscroll behavior - CSS \| MDN — https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Guides/Overscroll_behavior
4	- Scroll chaining - Glossary \| MDN — https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/Scroll_chaining
5	- overscroll-behavior-block CSS property - CSS \| MDN — https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Reference/Properties/overscroll-behavior-block
6	- …and 24 more

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Gate the overscroll override to macOS Electron documents.

electron is added on Windows, macOS, and Linux. This rule therefore changes the root value from none to contain on every Electron platform. contain permits overscroll effects that none suppresses, so non-macOS users can see a behavior change unrelated to the macOS scrollBounce fix.

Add a macOS-specific class during platform synchronization and select it here.

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1	const ELECTRON_CLASS_NAME = "electron";
2	+const ELECTRON_MAC_CLASS_NAME = "electron-mac";
3	const ELECTRON_WINDOWS_CLASS_NAME = "electron-windows";
4	@@
5	\| readonly [typeof ELECTRON_CLASS_NAME]
6	+ \| readonly [typeof ELECTRON_CLASS_NAME, typeof ELECTRON_MAC_CLASS_NAME]
7	\| readonly [typeof ELECTRON_CLASS_NAME, typeof ELECTRON_WINDOWS_CLASS_NAME] {
8	- return isWindowsPlatform(platform)
9	- ? [ELECTRON_CLASS_NAME, ELECTRON_WINDOWS_CLASS_NAME]
10	- : [ELECTRON_CLASS_NAME];
11	+ if (isWindowsPlatform(platform)) {
12	+ return [ELECTRON_CLASS_NAME, ELECTRON_WINDOWS_CLASS_NAME];
13	+ }
14	+ return isMacPlatform(platform)
15	+ ? [ELECTRON_CLASS_NAME, ELECTRON_MAC_CLASS_NAME]
16	+ : [ELECTRON_CLASS_NAME];
17	}

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1	-html.electron {
2	+html.electron-mac {
3	overscroll-behavior-y: contain;
4	}

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Eelectrum10d ago

Checked this against the pinned Electron 44.10.0 source. Its Chromium patch makes both IsElasticOverscrollEnabledOnRoot() and IsElasticOverscrollSupported() depend on the scroll-bounce command-line switch. Electron only reads the preference and adds that switch under BUILDFLAG(IS_MAC).

The computed CSS value does change on all Electron platforms, but it cannot enable elastic overscroll on Windows or Linux when Electron's support gate remains disabled. contain also retains scroll containment. A separate macOS class would therefore be redundant for the pinned runtime; keeping the existing selector and resolving this finding without a code change.

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@electrum You are right. The cited Electron 44.10.0 implementation gates elastic overscroll on the scroll-bounce switch and adds that switch only on macOS. The CSS value change alone does not enable elastic overscroll on Windows or Linux. contain also preserves scroll containment.

I withdraw this finding. A separate macOS class is unnecessary for the pinned runtime. No code change is needed.

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1	Sources consulted:
2	- overscroll-behavior CSS property - CSS \| MDN — https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Reference/Properties/overscroll-behavior
3	- CSS overscroll behavior - CSS \| MDN — https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Guides/Overscroll_behavior
4	- Scroll chaining - Glossary \| MDN — https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/Scroll_chaining
5	- overscroll-behavior-block CSS property - CSS \| MDN — https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Reference/Properties/overscroll-behavior-block
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